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CVE-2016-0772

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Published: Sep 2, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

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6.5
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 4.2
Source: NVD

Description

The smtplib library in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.12, 3.x before 3.4.5, and 3.5.x before 3.5.2 does not return an error when StartTLS fails, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass the TLS protections by leveraging a network position between the client and the registry to block the StartTLS command, aka a "StartTLS stripping attack."

Affected (30)

Products: Python: Python
1 product
Python
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Python
Version 3.5.0
Version 3.5.1
Configuration B
27 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Python
Version 3.0.1
Version 3.0
Version 3.1.0
Version 3.1.1
Version 3.1.2
Version 3.1.3
Version 3.1.4
Version 3.1.5
Version 3.2.0
Version 3.2.1
Version 3.2.2
Version 3.2.3
Version 3.2.4
Version 3.2.5
Version 3.2.6
Version 3.3.0
Version 3.3.1
Version 3.3.2
Version 3.3.3
Version 3.3.4
Version 3.3.5
Version 3.3.6
Version 3.4.0
Version 3.4.1
Version 3.4.2
Version 3.4.3
Version 3.4.4
Configuration C
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Up to 2.7.11

References (36)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Release Notes
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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